Manipur: Suspected militants set fire to houses, police outpost in Jiribam district
Violence had erupted in the region on Thursday evening after the body of a Meitei man was found in the Mulargaon area.
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Suspected militants in Manipur’s Jiribam district torched a police outpost and set several houses on fire on Saturday, reported PTI.
Violence had erupted in the district on Thursday evening after the body of a Meitei man was found in the Mulargaon area. To restore law and order, district authorities banned five or more people from assembling under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
At 12.30 am on Saturday, the suspected militants torched the Jiri police outpost located in the Chotobekra area, reported PTI. The miscreants also set fire to several houses, mostly in the outlying areas of Jiribam, the news agency reported citing an unidentified district official.
The district authorities have also evacuated 239 persons, mostly women and children, from their villages in Jiribam, PTI reported. They are taking shelter at a sports complex in Jiri town.
To curb violence in the district, a commando contingent of the Manipur Police arrived in Jiribam on Saturday.
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, the newly-elected Congress MP from the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat, urged the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party government to protect the lives and properties of the people of Jiribam district, reported PTI.
“I have talked with district officials of Jiribam,” Akoijam told reporters. “They said some reinforcements have arrived. While those in the town are being...
